first, the folks over at pledgemusic have put together a free 25 track holiday sampler, which includes our cover of mindy smith’s “santa will find you.” go here to sample the tracks and download.

second, anyone who supports our new album on pledgemusic has exclusive access to campaign updates. the latest update allows you to stream and download “the shepherd’s song,” written by john douglas and originally recorded by eddi reader on her peacetime album.

we hope you enjoy unwrapping. best wishes from us to you this holiday season.

love -

the trashcans

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http://trashcansinatras.com/general/album-6-update-success/#commentsThu, 11 Dec 2014 00:48:06 +0000joehttp://trashcansinatras.com/?p=1983pledgemusic campaign for our 6th album. we're thrilled to announce that we've reached our goal! new pledge items are periodically added to the campaign page and the campaign will continue while the album is in production.]]>

we’d like to thank everyone who has supported the pledgemusic campaign for our 6th album. you can see the status over there on the right ==>

we’re thrilled to announce that we’ve reached our goal and with continued pledges, we have actually exceeded the goal! please know this doesn’t mean we’re treating ourselves to a vacation, but rather, that we’re able to bring album 6 to you without having to make as many concessions as we otherwise might.

new pledge items are periodically added to the campaign page and the campaign will continue while the album is in production.

once again, thank you for your support! if you haven’t yet pledged, please take a look and maybe something will be of interest.

John here, welcoming you on behalf of all the Trashcans. It’s been a while since we released new music, but that is all about to change, and we’re extremely pleased to announce that we will begin recording our sixth album in the coming months. Writing has almost been completed, both studio and producer are in place, and it’s at this point that we would like you to become involved. We have joined forces with PledgeMusic to invite you to become a fellow traveller on our journey, and together we have concocted a series of “exclusives” offering unique content, merchandise and experiences.

How Pledging Works
When you pledge you’ll gain exclusive access to all content and updates we post during the campaign, plus a digital download of the album when it’s finished. Along with that, you’ll be able to access all the exclusives we update during the campaign and recording. Also, you’ll see we’re offering vinyl editions, liner-note love, lyric sheets, a few quirks. All in all, we think we have a menu that you will enjoy perusing and choosing from.

On behalf of all the Trashcans I want to express our thanks for sticking with us through the years and we hope that this new PledgeMusic venture is an acceptable way forward for us all in what are interesting days for musicians. We look forward with humility to our journey together towards what will be a wonderful new Trashcans experience. And doesn’t that thought warm the heart?

some of you may be wondering what’s going on at the moment, so here’s what is. there will be a new record from us in the future – and most of it is written – but we won’t be recording it this year, mainly because our midfield generalissimo is in the treatment room. as some of you may have read on the message board, john was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis recently, and this week, he goes into the caring hands of the NHS for the first of 3 major operations over the next 6-12 months. the expectation is that after about 6 of those months, he will be back to full johnness and be able to jink through the defences once again (go into the studio, that is). we just want to say thanks to you for bearing with us over the last year. we know there have been one or two false starts, but what else is new, huh? just think of the past 20-odd years as training for this moment…

on a personal note, i’ve been frankly astonished by john’s outrageous fortitude throughout the past year or so as he’s dealt with the effects of such a debilitating condition as UC. to manage the struggles he’s had with the illness itself, and to deal with the disappointments and frustrations he’s experienced in the mosaical world of medication, while throughout still maintaining his passion for writing and recording magical music, still bashing his les paul, touring the world with his ukelele, shooting videos, literally and figuratively forever searching for sunshine…still laughing and giggling, imparting wisdom, whipping me at scrabble (sometimes), loving and caring for his family, and remaining the wholly wonderful guy that he is…well, i’m embarrassed by the likely contrast to myself in the same position, to be honest.

i know all of you out there want to join with us, his friends in the band, in wishing him success in the theatre, and a swift and complete recovery from this awful condition.

As you can tell from John’s magic wee film, we are ready to record our sixth L.P. The songs are written and we are looking at studios, producers, and the like. Soon there will be a bunch of stuff available for pre-order and all that jazz. Thankfully, John will be making more films that will help guide us all through this period, so keep yer eyes peeled! Between you and me, I reckon this album’s gonny be a beauty!

We thank you for your patience, and look forward to entertaining you soon!

the band would like to thank everyone for their continued support – coming to gigs, buying music, following us on the official website and message board, facebook, twitter, etc.

as a way of saying thanks, every few days through the end of the year, we will post a video from our concert at the fuji festival in japan on july 25, 2009. that’s basically where we kicked off our in the music tours – 5 of them over the following 18 months!

merry christmas from the trashcans! here’s our take on a classic perry como tune. best wishes to all of you and we’ll do what we can to see you in the new year.

you can download an .mp3 of the song for free by control-clicking or right-clicking on this link.

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http://trashcansinatras.com/general/in-the-music-studio-master-download/#commentsSat, 01 Dec 2012 15:27:13 +0000joehttp://trashcansinatras.com/?p=1900in the music is now available for download in studio master quality. on december 2, there will be a one day only, free download of the studio master version of "oranges and apples."]]>

linn records has licensed a studio master quality version of in the music, which is now available for download. studio master recordings are superior quality digital recordings (24 bit and 96 khz vs 16 bit and 44 khz for a normal cd).

also, on december 2, they are offering a one day only, free download of the studio master version of “oranges and apples.” enjoy!